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Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth.107

Massimo Villa

This manuscript description is based on the catalogues listed in the catalogue bibliography

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https://betamasaheft.eu/BAVet107
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana[view repository]

Collection: Aethiopici

Persons IndexGeneralDescriptionPhysical DescriptionCatalogueAuthors

General description

Four Gospels

Number of Text units: 12

Number of Codicological units: 1

For a table of all relations from and to this record, please go to the Relations view. In the Relations boxes on the right of this page, you can also find all available relations grouped by name.

Origin

Original Location: According to (a1) , the book was brought to Rome in 1927 as a done to pope Pius XI .

1800-1899

Summary

  1. ms_i1 (check the viewerFols 1r–259v ), Four Gospels
    1. ms_i1.1 (check the viewerFols 3r–39v ), Gospel of Matthew
    2. ms_i1.2 (check the viewerFols 40r–59v ), Gospel of Mark
      1. ms_i1.2.1 (check the viewerFols 40 and following ), Wangel za-Mārqos, Tituli of the Gospel of Mark
      2. ms_i1.2.2 (check the viewerFols 41r–59v ), Bǝsrāta Mārqos
    3. ms_i1.3 (check the viewerFols 60r–95 ), Gospel of Luke
      1. ms_i1.3.1 (check the viewerFols 60r–95 ), Bǝsrāta Luqās
      2. ms_i1.3.2 (check the viewerFol. 95 ), Wangel za-Luqās, Tituli of the Gospel of Luke
    4. ms_i1.4 (check the viewerFols 96r–124v ), Gospel of John
    5. ms_i1.5 (check the viewerFols 125r–128v ), Introduction to the Gospels
    6. ms_i1.6 (check the viewerFol. 128v ), On the composition of the gospel of Matthew
    7. ms_i1.7 (check the viewerFols 129r–131v ), Four Gospels, Canons of Eusebius (same as LIT1224Canons)

Contents

check the viewerFols 1r–259v Four Gospels (CAe 1560)
check the viewerFols 3r–39v Gospel of Matthew (CAe 1558) The title is:

( gez ) ብስራተ፡ ማቴዎስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ፩እም፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ የሀሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ።

. The text is followed by a note of composition of the gospel on check the viewerfol. 39v :

( gez ) መልአ፡ ብስራተ፡ መቴዎስ፡ (!) መቴዎስ፡ (!) (!) ሐዋርያ፨ ወኮነ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ በምድረ፡ ፍልስጥኤም፡ በአስተሐምሞ፡ መንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፨ እብራይስጣዌ፨ ዘበአጶርግዮ፡ (!) ዘበአጶርግዮ፡ (!) (!) ለኀበ፡ ሰማይ፡ በ፰ዓመት፡ ወበቀዳሚት፡ ዓም፡ ዘእቀላውዴዎን፡ (!) ዘእቀላውዴዎን፡ (!) (!) ቄሣር፡ ንጉሠ፡ ሮም፨ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓ፨ ለ፨ ም፨ አ፨ ሜ፨ ን፨

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check the viewerFols 40r–59v Gospel of Mark (CAe 1882)
check the viewerFols 41r–59v Bǝsrāta Mārqos (CAe 2711) The text is followed by a note of composition of the gospel on check the viewerfol. 59v :

( gez ) ተፈጸመ፡ ብሥራተ፡ ማርቆስ፡ ሐዋርያ፤ እንተ፡ ጸሐፎ፡ በልሳነ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፨ በሥጋ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰማይ፨ በ፲ወ፩ዓመት፨ ወበራብዕት፡ ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለቀላውዴዎስ፡ ቄሣር፨ ሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨

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check the viewerFols 60r–95 Gospel of Luke (CAe 1812)
check the viewerFols 60r–95 Bǝsrāta Luqās (CAe 2713) The text is followed by a note of composition of the gospel on check the viewerfol. 95 :

( gez ) መልዓ፡ ብስራተ፡ ሉቃስ፡ ሉቃሉ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ሐዋርያ፡ ጠቢብ፡ እንተ፡ ጸሐፋ፡ ተሐፋ፡ (!) (!)corrected by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በልሳነ፡ ጽርዕ፡ ለሰብአ፡ ሀገረ፡ መቄዶንያ፡ እምድኅረ፡ ዕርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ ውስተ፡ ሰማይ፡ በ፳ወ፪ዓመት፨ ወበ፲ወ፬ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለቀላውዴዎስ፡ ቄሳር፨ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨

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check the viewerFols 96r–124v Gospel of John (CAe 1693) The name of the owner, Walda Tǝnśāʾe (perhaps the same as Walda Tǝnśāʾe owner ), is mentioned in the supplication formula in the title:

( gez ) ብስራተ፡ አብ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ትሩፍ፡ ረድዕ፡ ተናጋሪ፡ በመለኮት፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ፍቁረ፡ እግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ ጸሎቱ፡ ወበረከቱ፡ ወኃብተ፡ ረድኤቱ፡ የሃሉ፡ ምስለ፡ ፍቁሩ፨ ወልደ፡ ትንሣኤ፨

. The text is followed by a note of composition of the gospel on check the viewerfol. 39v :

( gez ) መልአ፡ ብስራተ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ ሐዋርያ፡ ፩እም፲ወ፪ሐዋርያት፡ ዘጸሐፎ፡ በዮናኒ፨ ለሰብአ፡ ኤፌሶን፨ እምድኅረ፡ እርገቱ፡ ለእግዚእነ፡ በ፴ዓመት፡ ወበ፰ዓመተ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለኔሮን፡ ወልደ፡ አቅሎድዮስ፨ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለዓመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨

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check the viewerFols 125r–128v Introduction to the Gospels (CAe 1560 IntroductionGospels)

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አብ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran ንቀድም። በረድኤተ፡ እግዚአብሔር። ዘሎቱ፡ ስብሐት፡ ይትባረክ፡ ስሙ፡ ወይትለዓል፡ ዝክሩ፡ . . . . .ommission by More than 1 PRS4805Grebaut PRS9530Tisseran በጽሒፈ፡ መቅድመ፡ ፬ወንጌላት፡ ቅዱሳት፡ ወ፲አቅማራት፡ በሰላመ፡ እግዚአብሔር፡ አሜን፨ ወእምድኅረ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ይሤኒ፡ ዘይቅድም፡ መቅድመ፡ ነገር፡ ፍሡሕ።

Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወለኵሉ፡ ዓለም፡ አእመኑ፡ በዛህን፡ ዘእግዚእነ፡ ኢየሱስ፡ ክርስቶስ፡ መርሰ፡ አብዑ፡ መጥዎ፡ በእንተ፡ ኅብረተ፡ ቃላት፡ ዘቅዱሳን፡ ፬ወንጌላት፡ ተፈጸመ።

check the viewerFol. 128v On the composition of the gospel of Matthew

Incipit (Gǝʿǝz ): በስመ፡ አሐዱ፡ አምላክ፡ አብ፡ ወወልድ፡ ወመንፈስ፡ ቅዱስ፡ ስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ መዓርገ፡ ወንጌላት፡ ወዝማሬ፡ ዘበአማን፡ በተአምራት፡ ግሁዳት፨ እምኀበ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ወመንክርራት፡ መዋዔ፡ ኵሉ፡ ልቡናት፨

The praise continuates as follows:

( gez ) ወለመቴዎስሰ፡ (!) ወለመቴዎስሰ፡ (!) (!) ስሙ፡ ሌዊ፡ ወትርጓሜሁ፡ ኅሩይ፨ ወውእቱ፡ እምነገደ፡ ይሳኮር፡ እምሀገረ፡ ናዝሬት፨ በስመ፡ አቡሁ፡ ዲቁ፡ ወስመ፡ እሙ፡ ኪሩትያስ፡

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Explicit (Gǝʿǝz ): ወተቀብረ፡ በቅርጣግና፡ ዘቂሣርያ። ወለዛቲሰ፡ ብስራት፡ ተርጐማ፡ ዮሐንስ፡ ወልደ፡ ዘብዴዎስ፡ እልአልሳን፡ ወሰበከ፡ ባቲ፡ በህንድ፤ ወኢየሩሳሌም፡ ወስብሐት፡ ለእግዚአብሔር፡ ለዓለመ፡ ዓለም፡ አሜን፨

Additions In this unit there are in total 1 .

  1. check the viewerFol. 1r (Type: DonationNote)

    Donation note

    ( la ) Pio XI Pont. Max. d. d. Ignatius Ephr. II Rahmani Syrorum patriarcha Antioch. A. MCMXXVII

    The note was written by Giovanni Mercati , prefect of the Vatican Library. According to the note, the book was donated by the Patriarch of Antioch to pope Pius XI in 1927.

Catalogue Bibliography

  • Grébaut, S. and E. Tisserant 1935. Bybliothecae apostolicae Vaticanae codices manu scripti recensiti iussu Pii XI Pontificis maximi. Codices Aethiopici Vaticani et Borgiani, Barberinianus orientalis 2, Rossianus 865, I: Enarratio codicum (Città del Vaticano: In Bybliotheca Vaticana, 1935).
    page 392-395
    ZoteroOther citations

Physical Description

Form of support

Parchment Codex

Extent

132 (leaf) , Entered as 132 6 (leaf, blank) : Entered as 6 check the viewerFols 1v–2v, check the viewerFols. 40v, check the viewerFols 132r–132v +NaN (quire) .Entered as 19 (A + 18) 314 320
Outer dimensions
Height 314mm
Width 320mm

Foliation

Quire Structure Collation

Signatures: Quire marks are written in the upper inner corner of the first leaf of . is erroneously numbered as ፱.

Position Number Leaves Quires Description
1 A 2 Fols 1r–2v
2 1 10 Fols 3r–12v
3 2 8 Fols 13r–20v
4 3 8 Fols 21r–28v
5 4 8 Fols 29r–36v
6 5 4 Fols 37r–40v
7 6 8 Fols 41r–48v
8 7 8 Fols 49r–56v
9 8 3 Fols 57r–59v
10 9 8 Fols 60r–67v
11 10 8 Fols 68r–69v
12 11 8 Fols 76r–83v
13 12 8 Fols 84r–91v
14 13 4 Fols 92r–95v
15 14 8 Fols 96r–103v
16 15 8 Fols 104r–111v
17 16 8 Fols 112r–119v
18 17 5 Fols 120r–124v
19 18 8 Fols 125r–132v

It is unfortunately not possible with the information provided to print the collation diagrams and formula.

  • Quire with id:q9 and n 8 is made of 3 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.
  • Quire with id:q18 and n 17 is made of 5 leaves, but there is no futher information about the reason this number is odd.

State of preservation

good

Condition

Binding

Two wooden boards.

Binding material

leather

Original binding

Yes

Layout

Layout note 1

Number of columns: 2

Number of lines: 25-26

Palaeography

  • Hand 1

    Script: Ethiopic

    Written in a fine handwriting.

    Ink: Black, red

    Rubrication: Titles of the Gospels and of the sections; groups of two lines at the beginning of the sections.

    Date: 1800-1899

    1800-1899

    Abbreviations

  • ም(ዕራ)(- - -) for ምዕራፍ፡

    • Publication Statement

    authority
    Hiob-Ludolf-Zentrum für Äthiopistik
    pubPlace
    Hamburg
    publisher
    Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft
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    2017-09-04T09:45:37.552+02:00
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    11.10.2022 at 22:00:55
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    4.9.2017
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    manuscripts
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    BAVet107

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    Massimo Villa, Alessandro Bausi, ʻVatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Aeth.107ʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 4.9.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/manuscripts/BAVet107 [Accessed: 2024-04-23+02:00]

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    • Massimo Villa Created catalogue entry on 4.9.2017

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    Alessandro Bausi, general editor

    Massimo Villa, editor

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